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Los Angeles, CA - July 13: Portrait of Sandra Munoz, a celebrated civil rights attorney sitting at her desk in Los Angeles on January 3, 2024, in Los Angeles, CA. She and her husband Luis have been separated since 2015. Luis, who was undocumented, applied for a waiver of his illegal entry to seek citizenship after they got married. The final step was considered a formality -- he would go back to El Salvador for an interview at the U.S. consulate there and fly back to the U.S. once it was approved. Instead, it was denied. When their lawyers pressed the government for why, the State Department admitted that his tattoos -- of La Virgen de Guadalupe, a tribal design and theatrical masks -- were among the reasons they had found him to be an MS-13 gang member, an assertion he vehemently denies. Last year, the 9th Circuit sided with the couple, but the Biden administration appealed to the Supreme Court. The high court is expected to decide next month whether to take up the case, which would have ripple effects for any immigrant seeking to challenge the government's views of their character. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Supreme Court rules against Los Angeles couple denied visa in part over husband’s tattoos

The Supreme Court ruled against a Los Angeles couple suing the federal government over the Salvadoran husband’s visa denial.

Antonio Valle, left, and wife, Brenda, stand for a photo after an interview with The Associated Press in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Both were born in Mexico. Antonio Valle has been a U.S. citizen since 2001. Brenda Valle came to the U.S. with her family when she was 3 years old and will now be eligible for legal status under Biden's new plan. She is a DACA recipient and has worried every two years whether it would get renewed. Their sons are U.S. citizens. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Some immigrant families rejoice over Biden’s expansive move toward citizenship, while others are left out

June 19, 2024
Encinitas, CA - June 01: Representative Mike Levin, a Democrat who represents California's 49th Congressional District, which includes North County San Diego and South Orange County, speaks at a supporter's "house party" in Encinitas Saturday, June 1, 2024. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

California races roiled by border, immigration. It could tip control of the House

June 19, 2024
Jacumba Hot Springs, CA, Sunday, May 12, 2024 - Chinese migrant Zhen Jiang and his family receive direction from a Border Patrol agent hours after crossing the border through rocky, mountainous terrain. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Ecuador moves to restrict U.S.-bound Chinese migrants, many of whom cross border in California

June 18, 2024
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the verdict in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial and on the Middle East, from the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, May 31, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens protected from deportation under Biden’s latest action

June 18, 2024

Trump blasts immigrants for taking jobs as he courts voters in Michigan

June 15, 2024

Ex-U.S. Customs officer convicted of letting drug-filled cars enter from Mexico

June 13, 2024

Top EU court fines Hungary $216 million for flouting asylum law

June 13, 2024

Mexico’s tactic to cut immigration to the U.S.? Wear out migrants

June 13, 2024
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Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, June 4, 2024 - Children pass the time at Movimiento Juventud 2000, a migrant shelter, where dozens of families seeking asylum are living as they wait to meet with US officials. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

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Tired and confused, first migrants reach California border after Biden’s asylum order

How President Biden’s executive order limiting asylum is playing out on the California-Mexico border.

June 5, 2024

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